Ireland U19 women recorded their second win of the week as they beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in another low scoring encounter.
The win was set up by the bowlers, with the North West trio of Jenni Jackson (3-15), Kia McCartney (2-17), and Zara Craig (2-18) taking a combined seven wickets for 50 runs.
Eglinton left-armer Jackson took three wickets in four balls as the Africans went from 79 for 3 after 14 overs to 80 for 6.
Zara Craig and Jenni Jackson
Rush's Ellie McGee (2-13) was the other successful bowler as Zimbabwe were all out for 102 in the 19th over.
Once again though the Irish radars were off beam, as they worryingy conceded 25 bowling extras (22 wides, 3 no balls).
The chase was given a solid platform by an opening stand of 34 between Siuin Woods (13) and skipper Amy Hunter (15), and from then Glenn Querl's side were always in control.
Anna Squires (26) and Zara Craig (10*) both made double figure contributions as the four wicket win was achieved in the final over.
Ireland are next in action on Monday when they face Pakistan in the first of two official warm-up matches before the tournament proper gets under way for them on January 16th.
Full scorecard
| Toss won by | Ireland Women U19s |
| Home Side | (neutral) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Nidraya | lbw | b E McGee | 12 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| N Mutomba | b E McGee | 9 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| K Ndlovu* | c K McCartney | b Z Craig | 33 | 57 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| A Zimunhu | b Z Craig | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| K Nidraya | b J Jackson | 11 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| T Marunani | b J Jackson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| B Mangachena | b J Jackson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| V Mutungwindu+ | run out A Squires | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| R Mwakayeni | b K McCartney | 3 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| D Meikle | c&b K McCartney | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| O Chare | not out | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b2 lb1 w22 nb3) | 28 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 102 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-25(N Mutomba) 2-38(Kay Nidraya) 3-52(A Zimunhu) 4-79(K Nidraya) 5-80(T Marunani) |
| 6-80(B Mangachena) 7-84(V Mutungwindu) 8-96(K Ndlovu) 9-101(R Mwakayeni) |
| 10-102(D Meikle) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts | wd | nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Jackson | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| K McCartney | 3.4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | - |
| N MacNulty | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | - |
| E McGee | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | - |
| J McNally | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Z Craig | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 3 | - |
| A Maguire | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - |
| R Gough | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Woods | lbw | b R Mwakayeni | 13 | 34 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| A Hunter* | c O Chare | b K Ndlovu | 15 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| J Loughran+ | c O Chare | b R Mwakayeni | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| A Squires | run out C Moyo | 26 | 43 | 31 | 1 | 0 | |
| G Dempsey | c ? | b K Ndlovu | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| A Harrison | lbw | b F Ndhlalambi | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Z Craig | not out | 10 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| R Gough | not out | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| K McCartney | dnb | ||||||
| E McGee | dnb | ||||||
| A Maguire | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b1 lb0 w14 nb3) | 18 | |||||
| TOTAL | 6 wickets for | 103 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-34(A Hunter) 2-38(S Woods) 3-41(J Loughran) 4-52(G Dempsey) 5-77(A Harrison) |
| 6-92(A Squires) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts | wd | nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Chigora | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| D Meikle | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | - |
| K Ndlovu | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - |
| R Mwakayeni | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 3 | - |
| T Marunani | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
| F Ndhlalambi | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| O Chare | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - |
| N Mutomba | .11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |